Re: Italian falegname

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "aquila_grande" wrote:

> actually "fa" is the worb "make" in its present 3ps form, Legname
> means "woodwork".
>
> This is the most usual way of making "nomina agentis" in Italian
> when the nomen agentis incorporates an object.
>
> The same construction is also used to make words denoting tools, f.
> eks. aspirapolvere =sucks dust = vacuum cleaner

Mostly correct, though the form getting in is not the 3rd person of
indicative, as it may seem at a first glance, but imperative's 2nd.
See for instance "spartitraffico" (< "spartire" `to separate` +
"traffico" `(road) traffic`), "frangiluce" (< "frangere" `to break` +
"luce" `light`), etc. Confusion arises from the fact that imperative
2nd and present indicative 3rd are equal for the I-st conjugation
class (in -are); diference is made in verbs pertaining to the others.
Regards,
Marius Iacomi